Comment Re:Large corporations beware (Score 1) 288
You are correct. But what I was talking about was more than plywood.
Basically I was thinking that the 3D printer/carver is done when it can do this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
But more likely to be something like: http://www.alzohawoodwork.com/...
Think of a lumber mill that could buy a $100,000 machine that could turn out at least the second type of design by just selecting from a menu. The price differential from the same chair that had to go through the usual logistics chain would be massive. Plus if the robot is carving the thing then it could do it in the style of a technically difficult wood worker instead of the simplistic techniques of an assembly line. So for way less money you could get way more chair. The lumber mill could then sell way more wood. They don't care if it is a 2x4 or a bunch of chair parts, especially if they can charge a bit more for the chair parts.
Basically I was thinking that the 3D printer/carver is done when it can do this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
But more likely to be something like: http://www.alzohawoodwork.com/...
Think of a lumber mill that could buy a $100,000 machine that could turn out at least the second type of design by just selecting from a menu. The price differential from the same chair that had to go through the usual logistics chain would be massive. Plus if the robot is carving the thing then it could do it in the style of a technically difficult wood worker instead of the simplistic techniques of an assembly line. So for way less money you could get way more chair. The lumber mill could then sell way more wood. They don't care if it is a 2x4 or a bunch of chair parts, especially if they can charge a bit more for the chair parts.